La Bodega

About a year after my first La Bodega experience, I returned to spend a gift certificate. I ended up buying plain ‘ol t-​shirts because I couldn’t find anything else that I liked. The t-​shirts are nice enough but I’m not accustomed to having to line dry t-​shirts because they can’t go in the dryer — weird. The more annoying thing, though, were the two girls working at the store. I got to hear all sorts of co-​worker gossip during my 45 minutes or so in the store so I know they’re good at chatting. But nobody ever offered to assist me or even acknowledged my presence. I was disappointed to see that change.

I really love this place. I came here on Monday when I stayed in the area with my boyfriend. I love that all of the clothes here are less than $ 15.00. They are also unusual, and as I learned, VERY durable even though the materials look like they would fall apart.
From what I understand the mother store is located in Ann Arbor and this place opened up last summer. They have clothing items that are from different countries and a lot of the items are fair trade. I like it because I am Guatemalan and every once in a while they will get in clothing items made there.
Most people would definitely refer to this as a total hippie store. Yeah, perhaps they are right, but they are also pretty stylish. I definitely have more of a preppy look and get some of my tops, scarves, and dresses here and dress them up quite a bit. I would say if you are in the area stop on by. If you can get over the smell of the place then you will definitely not leave the place empty handed. Plus, the super friendly employees will have you coming back time and time again.